The Corpus Museum is a human biology interactive museum, located in Oegstgeest, near Leiden, in the Netherlands.
Billed as "a journey through the human body", [1] the museum provides both education and entertainment [2] through a combination of permanent and variable collections.
Opened in 2008 by Queen Beatrix, the museum is the world's first museum of its type.
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